The Autotransporter IcsA Promotes Shigella flexneri Biofilm Formation in the Presence of Bile Salts

Shigella flexneri is an intracellular bacterial pathogen that invades epithelial cells in the colonic mucosa, leading to bloody diarrhea. A previous study showed that S. flexneri forms biofilms in the presence of bile salts, through an unknown mechanism. Here, we investigated the potential role of a...

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Published in:Infect Immun
Main Authors: Köseoğlu, Volkan K., Hall, Chelsea P., Rodríguez-López, Eric M., Agaisse, Hervé
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019
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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6589070/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30988059
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00861-18
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